120 President' s Address. 



Colonel Swinhoe gave his collection of 341 birds from 

 Kandahar (cf. 'Ibis,' 1882, pp. 95-112), and 21 birds from the 

 Solomon Islands, collected by Lient. Richards, added 10 

 species new to the Museum. Forty-four birds from the 

 Transvaal were presented by Mr. John Henry Gumey. 



The chief donation, however, of the year 1881, was the 

 great collection of Queensland Birds, amounting- to 1394 

 specimens, which was presented by Dr. F. D. Godman. This 

 collection was made by Mr. J. Cockerell, and consisted of a 

 series of beautifully prepared skins. 



In 1882 the Museum received from Mr. Eugene W. Oates a 

 donation of 454 eggs, nests, and sterna of birds from Peg'u, 

 where he had long- resided, and his entire collection, con- 

 sisting of 1544 birds, with 32 species entirely new to the 

 Museum, was afterwards acquired by the latter. This was a 

 very important addition to our collection, being- the material 

 on which Mr. Oates had based his work on the ' Birds of 

 Burmah. 1 



Mr. Seebohm presented 190 birds, mostly from the collection 

 of the late Andrew Anderson, which he had purchased on the 

 death of the latter naturalist. Dr. Coppinger forwarded 157 

 birds from the islands of Torres Straits, and the Museum also 

 purchased a series of 546 skins, eggs, and skeletons of birds 

 from Madagascar, collected by the Rev. Deans Cowan. 



In 1882, moreover, many minor additions to the Museum 

 collection took place. Colonel Biddulph added 294 specimens 

 from Gilgit ; and 126 birds, including 30 species new to the 

 collection, with the types of 11 new species obtained in 

 British New Guinea by Mr. A. Goldie, were purchased. Mr. 

 Howard Saunders presented 86 specimens of Laridce from his 

 private collection ; and 36 birds from the Nilghiri Hills, con- 

 taining 2 species new to the Museum, were presented by Mr. 

 W. R. Davison. Thirty-live birds from the Wasa district on the 

 Gold Coast were presented by Sir Richard Bui-ton and Capt. 

 Cameron, and the Lisbon Museum presented 4 species of 

 birds from Benguela, all of which were new to the Museum. 

 Fifty-one specimens from New Britain were purchased from 

 the Godeffroy Museum, and 20 specimens from Bermuda were 

 given by Capt. Sa vile G. Reid. 



